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minus-squarerand_alpha19@moist.catsweat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoIt’s not a fertility issue, it’s a fecundity issue. But we tend to use the 2 terms interchangeably.
minus-squareKijinSeija@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-21 year agoIt’s the other way around. Fecundity is the measure of how well a person is biologically able to reproduce. Fertility is how many children people actually have, which also depends on voluntary choices. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/9781118896877.wbiehs153
It’s not a fertility issue, it’s a fecundity issue. But we tend to use the 2 terms interchangeably.
It’s the other way around. Fecundity is the measure of how well a person is biologically able to reproduce. Fertility is how many children people actually have, which also depends on voluntary choices.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/9781118896877.wbiehs153